Chicago Bears offensive guard Kyle Long, who won a Pro Bowl selection earlier this year after his rookie season, last month paid $1.35 million for a five-bedroom brick Georgian-style house in Lake Forest.

Built in 1980, Long’s 3,970-square-foot house has 3-1/2 baths, three fireplaces, a finished basement with a kitchenette, nine-foot ceilings, a year-round sunroom, a newer kitchen with an island and a large breakfast room, and a three-car garage, all on a 1.4-acre parcel.

The house had been listed for $1.425 million.

Susan Carey of Century 21 Kreuser & Seiler, who represented Long, declined to comment on the deal.

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